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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Dan Okeke" <mr.warrenbuffett56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ike093690@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 13:52:50 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I wish to use this medium to inform you that your compensation payment
of USD$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) from United Bank for Africa have been approved for
onward transfer to you via an ATM DEBIT CARD which you will use to
withdraw all the USD$18,500,000.00 in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any
part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is
USD$10,000.00 Only.

In regards to the recent meeting between the Africa Union and the
Present United Kingdom Government to restore the dignity and Economy
of the Nations, Base on the Agreement with the InternationaL Monetary
Funds Assistance to help and make the world a better place for all
with the sole aim of abolishing poverty. We have been having a meeting
for the past 5 months which ended 2 days ago. The National Central
Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the Government of the United Kingdom
and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate
to the Government of Nigeria to boost the exercise of clearing all
foreign debts owed to Foreigners and Compensate all that have lost
their hard earned money to the Nigerian Fraudsters.

This email is to all the people that have had an unfinished
transaction in any part of the world, the Africa Union have agreed to
compensate them with the sum of USD$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) This includes every
foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and
people that have had an unfinished transaction or international
businesses that failed due to Government problems, Contracts Sum,
Lottery/Gambling etc. Your name and email was in the list Submitted by
our Monitoring Teams of Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) Observers and this is why we are contacting you,
this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to acknowledge this message. This funds has been
credited in ATM CARD for security purpose ok? So we shall send it to
you by DHL delivery Company, UPS, FedEx or by any means of your choice
and you can withdraw in any ATM Cash Point Machine Worldwide at the
daily limit of $10,000 usd. Acknowledge this message immediately for
your ATM VISA CARD Delivery with the following information.

1. Full name: ============================== ========
2. Phone number: ============================== =====
3. Home address for the Delivery====================
4. Date of Birth========================= ===========
5. Your Occupation==================== ==============
6. A copy of your driving license. =================


We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past
years. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again
accepting our congratulations.

Best Regards.

Mr.Dan Okeke
Executive Director
United Bank for Africa PLC

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